How can it possibly be a fact in a person's life when the person is dead? In reality many obits. are sanitised versions of the truth anyhow. Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ GOONS #5307
"M. Brenzel" <[email protected]> wrote: >But you can also look at it as a fact in the person's life. An obituary was >published for the individual. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Doug Laidlaw [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 4:03 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Obituary Event > >I would think of it as a source. It is not something that happened in the >history of the individual in question, but an entirely separate piece of >documentary evidence. > >Doug. > >On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:04:45 -0800 (PST) Marg Strong <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Speaking of obituary event (someone recently used it as an >> illustration) I didn't think of it as being an event, but as a source, >> with the transcription in the detail. >> >> >> If it were listed as an event, then it would be seen in the body of >> the report, but as a source, it would be found in the >> footnotes/endnotes so the event seems an advantage, having relatives >> who will be sent my "book" after I am happier with my entries. (I'm >> cleaning them up a bit every day) I'm fairly sure that most will skim >> over the footnotes/endnotes or not read them. Do you use it as a >> source or event or both, when you have few or no other sources for the >> death? >> >> Thanks for you ideas on this, >> Peggy >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) >> and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> !DSPAM:50a6a77d77871026211138! > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > >Legacy User Group guidelines: >http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on >our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). >To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
